Brian Williams should be allowed to come back as NBC Nightly News anchor, voters said in a new Quinnipiac University Poll released this week. According to the Q-Poll, which was released Monday, 42 percent of overall responders said Williams should return, while 35 said he should not. The remaining 24 percent said they either did […] …

A Wheel of Fortune guest named Rufus didn’t need to buy a vowel. The whiz who appeared on the show this week solved a 17-letter puzzle in just one guess. His appearance goes down as one of the most noteworthy on the show. The category was “event” in the show’s Final Spin competition, and Rufus […] …

If you were having fun at your Super Bowl party, Nationwide’s “Make Safe Happen” Super Bowl ad probably destroyed the cheery gathering with a thick smog of sadness — oh god, can that kill children too??? Nationwide Insurance went for shock factor, unveiling a spot about a little boy who never got to grow up […] …

If your idea of great marketing is making the audience really, really mad at your company, then Chevy’s Super Bowl XLIX commercial was made for you. With moments to go before the game kicked off, Chevy gave America a collective heart attack with an ad that begins with a flickering TV screen. Surprise! It was […] …

Friskies’ “Dear Kitten” web series is heading to the Super Bowl with a new spot from BuzzFeed. The 60-second commercial, called “Dear Kitten: Regarding the Big Game,” features a voice-over “cat” explaining the unusual behaviors and fashion exhibited by humans during the NFL championship game. “Let me warn you, it gets weird,” he says, then […] …

Los Angeles commuters faced traffic nightmares on Monday and Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade blocked major highways and roads around West L.A. and downtown. The Vice President’s visit to Tinsel Town led late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel to wonder if locals even knew who this man was riding around in a black car […] …

Downton Abbey fans, if you’re antsy for Season 5, you’ll have to relax with a cuppa in the parlour for a few more months. The new season won’t premiere in the United States until Jan. 4, 2015. To help you in such fallow times, Carnival Films and ITV just released some “first peek” photos […] …

Oops. Whoever was in charge of lower-thirds at Houston’s KRIV-TV made an error and has promptly earned the ire of the Internet. Wednesday morning, the world learned acclaimed writer and poet Maya Angelou had passed away at the age of 86. The Houston Fox affiliate reported the news on their morning show, but someone made […] …

Broadcast TV’s Amy Kushnir probably hasn’t had the best May after her comments about NFL defensive end Michael Sam. In mid-May, Kushnir walked off set after a heated discussion about Sam’s on-air kiss with his boyfriend after learning he had been drafted by the St. Louis Rams. “When parents do not have a choice about […] …

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